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October 25

refused to connect

A couple of web sites have given the message "refused to connect" when I attempted to access them. Why would this happen? Is there anything I can do about it? --Halcatalyst (talk) 15:08, 25 October 2018 (UTC)

Any example? Ruslik_Zero 20:28, 25 October 2018 (UTC)

One was to register for an AARP event ("aarp.cevent.com refused to connect" and the other I can't remember. --Halcatalyst (talk) 03:51, 26 October 2018 (UTC)

This link: https://aarp.cvent.com/events/EventRsvp.aspx works for me. Ruslik_Zero 20:44, 26 October 2018 (UTC)

Yes, that link works for me too. Above, I should have included the actual link where I get the error: https://aarp.cevent.com/FWOnTapDM . --Halcatalyst (talk) 03:57, 27 October 2018 (UTC)